Remarkable Gold Discovery
In 1848 James W. Marshall, who was employed in a California sawmill, was one day shutting off the water, when he discovered particles of shining dust in the…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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Aberdare Coal Mine, Swan Bay
THE following analyses of fire clay from Swan Bay have been handed to us with accompanying report, for publication:— [COPY]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holders of Miners' Rights as Selectors
AT the Land Appeal Court, Sydney, recently, John K. Everett Appealed against the finding of the Carcoar Land Board in respect of his conditional purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Goldfield
THE newly discovered goldfield on the Wilson River, New Zealand, promises to prove rich in curiosities, if not in gold. One nugget picked up in the river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China Supplying Her Own Coal
CHINA is beginning to enter the field as a competitor for supplying coal at her own ports. The following paragraph from the Shanghai MERCURY describes the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining on Alienated Land
THE latest from the Mines Department is the following notice:—The attention of owners of freehold land is directed to the fact that they cannot legally remove…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Duration of Coal Strata
HERE NASSE, the Prussian official mining expert, and a well known authority on coal, has (the Berlin correspondent of the Standard tells us) justs published the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collapse of the South Waratah Colliery Shaft
THERE was considerable excitement on Thursday among the wives and families of miners and others, employed at the South Waratah Colliery when it became known that the main…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How to Clean Gold Lace or Embroidery
Apply with a soft brush a preparation of burnt powdered rook alum and wipe off with a flannel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ammonia in Coal
Some 13,000,000 tons of coallire burned in London yearly. About 4,000,000 are utilized by the gas manufacturiug companies; 9,000,000 are burned in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Burra Burra Gold Rush
CONDOBLIN, Saturday.—ThE excitement over the gold discovery cout[?]. Holes outside tho prospeetors have been bottomed on payable gold, and it is being proved that the field is a wide one. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Burra Burra Gold Rush. Mr. Slee's Report
THE Under-Secretary for Mines has received the following telegram from Mr. W. H. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines. who left Sydney to inspect and…
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THE following report was received on Monday by the N.S.W. Minister for Mines from the Chief Inspector for Mines, Mr. Slee, with reference to the Burra…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rich Gold Discovery at Fairfield
THE Mining Registrar at Fairfield, Drake, writes from the warden's office, under date 23rd May:—"I have the honour to report a rich discovery of gold that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burra Burru Gold Rush
Mr.SLEE, Chief Inspector of Mines has made the following further report on the Burra Burra Gold rush to teh Minister for Mines —In continuationof my previous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Report of the Mines Department
THE annual report of the Department of Mines and Agriculture for 1892 is in keeping with its predecessors for quantity. The pages number nearly 200 in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Unemptoyed—Fossicking for Gold
A MEETING of the hoard which is providing for the unemployed on the goldfields of the colony was held on Thursday at the Mines Department. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Gold
A RETURN of the quantity and value of gold produced in New South Wales from the year 1851 to 1892 has been prepared by Mr. Coghlan. It shows that the Sydney branch of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold-seeking at Evans River
Mr. WARDEN JONES who has quite recently visited the neighbourhood of Evans' river to make an inspection, kindly gave us the following few items of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Edison is After Now. Two New Inventions—Iron and Coal
IN McClure's Magazine for June is an account of the problems which Mr Edison is now attempting to solve. If he succeeds he will revolutionise the iron and coal trade…
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